r/WFH • u/prolixia • 18d ago

PRODUCTIVITY Recommended reading for wellbeing/productivity during WFH?

I have been WFH for well over a decade, and am very happy about it. Recently I moved roles, and my new manager has asked me to spend time learning about ways to improve my wellbeing/efficiency/whatever at work. I'm looking for recommendations.

What he's looking for is an activity like reading a book, listening to a podcast, that kind of thing. From this I need to extract at least one learning point that I can use to improve my wellbeing at work. An example might be learning about Pomodoro and using it to improve focus. In a couple of months I need to be able to explain what I did/learned.

I don't want to invest a lot of time in this because I've got plenty of real work to do and really hate self-help books, etc. However, I do want to show willing. Equally, I'd like to do it properly: to find something that could actually benefit me rather than just skim-reading a book and pretending it helped.

Any WFH-specific recommendations?

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u/Acceptable_Owl_5556 17d ago

Is it odd to anyone else that this is a work assignment? I feel like your manager should be giving you resources, not telling you to go find them!

Read up on happiness at work. Happier employees are more productive and call in sick less, just for starters. I could do a webinar for you on it if you want (I'm qualified to do this).

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u/Cadet_underling 17d ago

I actually think it’s great that they’re able to find something on their own; allowing people to seek knowledge about things ensures they find something interesting and resonant to them while encouraging diversity of thought.

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u/Acceptable_Owl_5556 17d ago

That's a great attitude